Textured brick



E. M. WYATT TEXTURED BRICK Oct. 13, 1931.

Filed Dec. 17, 1928 Patented Oct. 13, 1931 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

EDWIN M.'WYA.TT, OI MADISON, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOB, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO 7 AMERICAN FACE BRICK RESEARCH CORPORATION, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS TEXTURED BRICK Application filed December 17, 1928. Serial No. 326,516. v

This inventionrelates to certain new and useful improvements 1n textured br1ck.

, In the process of manufacturlngbrick by extruding the plastic clay through a .die and thencutting the extruded column into individual bricks, itis frequently the custom to treat theadvancing column to some form of ftexturing process to increase the beauty of the resulting bricks which are usually cut o'fii or; severed'from the column after the texturing operation. As a result of this method of texturing the bricks, it is the customary practice to perform the texturing operation on three faces only of the advancing column, the fourth or under face of the column being supported from below in such a way as to prevent contact with a texturing appliance, wlth the result that after the individual bricks are severed from the column they display a.

textured surface on three of the edge faces and remain untextured on the fourth edge face and on the broad faces which represent the planes of severance from the column, ac-

cording to the common practice.

In the building of brick walls, a practice has recently developed of setting some of the.

bricks in position to expose their broad faces to the wall surface, for the purpose of intro-- ducing a pleasing variation in the appear-'- ance of the completed wall, and also for the purpose of creating air spaces within the wall, that keep the interior dry and better insulated and also result in saving of labor" and material. Where this practice has been followed, the bricks employed have been untextured, generally known as common,

bricks. Obviously, textured bricks, commonly known as face bricks, cannot be used in such a wall unless they are textured on at least that broad face which is exposed in the wall surface.

The brick of the present invention is de' signed to meet the requirement of affording aptextured on each vedge and B, Fig 1, and

face brick which is textured on one of its broad faces, generally a face afforded by the severing of the clay column. Such a brick may be used with advantage in wall construction in which the practice is observed of r the exterior of the wall.

other form of texturing, "turing assumes a form of undulating lines'or presenting the broad faces of the brick to The method of producing such bricks I forms no part of the present invention, but constitutes the sub ect matter of a co-pending application filed concurrently v herewith.

However, the methodof producing the present type of brick may be briefly defined as follows: The brick column is extruded through a die in theiusual way, and while advancing under the impetus from behind is severed in sections in the usual manner. These sections are afterwards'upset or overthrown by suitable means to present one of the broad severed facesof the brick to the action of a texturing tool or appliance, so that a proper finish is given to a surface which under the common practice is unexposed to the action of the texturing tool, although the broad face might be otherwise textured either during or after the extension process.

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Figure'l is a perspective view of the brick 'of the. present invention, showing two ofthe edgefaces texturedin the customary manner. and the broad top face also textured in con formity with the principles of thepresent nvention; 1 p p V V Fig. 2 is a perspective view taken from a d agonally opposite position, showing the opposite edge textured and the rear edge un textured; and "Fig. 3 is a perspective View, showing anin which the texcorrugations.

The brick of the present invention is preferably of'the present United States standard dimensions of two and one-fourth by three and three-fourths by eight inches (popularly spoken of'as two by four by eight), although obviously the-present invention is {not limited to bricks of these substantial dimensions. As shown, the brick is preferably on'the front side edge C, the rear-side edge F being left untextured. This is the common characteristic of face brick, which, however, is untextured on a broad eight by four face, usually the ones produced by severing of the clay column. The present brick is also textured on at least one of the broad faces E,' in Fi 1, although untextured on the other broa face D, and also untextured on the rear edge F of the near ed e in Fi 2. This afiord' a .1!" yhieh can use either in standard bric -laying with one of the edges or one of the ends exposed in the brick-work, Qublas the brick to be used in the well construction in which the broad side or face of the brick is "exposed.

.As shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the torturing lines'are in the form of grooves with intervening ribs or corrugations, the ribbing being in parallel straight lines running crosswise of the surfaces on which the texturing appears, but thejorm or design of the texturi may .h'e modified to oijmarkmg which is commonly employed Qfitrthelextflrifig of brick to improve its appearance.

- 1 shovgi, the texturlmg assumes the apj I transverse y running corru aron's hy reason of the fact that the texturi ng is; eferably formed by movi the brick i us, while in plastic condi on, est a a 'statlonary texturing tool of comblike ormafioii where a strai ht line textln" is desiredmr past a comb e texturing too which lsreoiprocated transversely of the 11118 of mm! of. the brick sections, where undula- 'tionsare desired. However, it is not the into limit the invention to a texturing fi m-facing ornamentation, which necessarily assumes the appearance of grooves or present wavy or undu ating stance being in fiql rugations, as m 1 ig. 3, or any other groov- 3!! broad oblong rectangular faces, two short and narrow end edges and two long and narrow side edges, and having one of its broad faces produced by severing and then textured to Improve the appearance of the surface, and having it! two and edges and one of its side edges also textured.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a clay brick of standard dimensions adapted to present various exposures and comprising ,two broad oblong rectangular faces, two short andmn'row end ed es and two lon and narrow side edges, an having one or its broad fmsqiroducod by'aevering and then textured to improve the appearance of the surface, and having its two end edges and one of its side edges also textured, the text-uring in each inthe form of parallel corrutions extending in each instance in the direction of the short dimension of the textured as surface and crosswise thereof.

In witness that I claim the i0 oing I have hereunto subscribed my name is 11th day of December, 1928.

EDWIN M. WYATT. T

since other designs may ob- V b rr b Y wfi fi wfi s pr sent znvent nlithe textming of at least one of "the broa' surfaces is intended primarily to briokto be advantageously emw nawal1mwh1chsome orallof the. fare appropriate methods l id to expose their broad. faces,

the provision of a roughened broad surface, occasioned by the texturing o, eration, is of adrantage 1n the bonding of e hric even laid fletwise, since the roughene suraflo'rds a better anchorage for the morof the present invention is one "13 peculiarl adapted to the requireirnents of present ay brick-laying in which *Mtmns in the arrangement, of the courses l y the variety and design in the brlok-wor which is desirable in order to v otony in appearance and to realize "Pin", the decorative possibilities of brick a men lclaim. As a. new article of manufacture, a clay brick of standard dimensions adapted to pre- U sent various exposures and comprising two construrtwn.

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